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Post by grandsalami on Jul 31, 2021 14:02:59 GMT -5
Spoke with the media today. some quotes
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Post by widewordofsport on Jul 31, 2021 14:31:45 GMT -5
Franchy plays a "servicable" 1B and he had 10-14 days to learn. Schwarber doesn't need to win a gold glove. That’s exactly it- do people not see the caliber of defense we get from Dalbec? I legitimately think there are plays he does not make that I would make and that’s sad. Especially from somebody who graded out as a pretty decent 3B 3 years ago Like he can’t catch a ball. He’s botching plays that should have a 100% success rate in the bigs. He’s also been saved on some errors too, Kikè saved him from making a huge one a few weeks back. He’s got a -8 defensive runs saved. That’s so hard to do at 1B If Schwarber can walk and chew gum at the same time he’ll be better Didn't we win a WS or two with Ortiz at first? I don't think first base defense ever matters in the playoffs, particularly for the Red Sox. /gets struck by lightning
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Post by jimed14 on Jul 31, 2021 15:16:52 GMT -5
I can't wait to see him in the lineup. I have loved watching him hit for years.
I think between Schwarber and JDM, at least one will be the DH next season, but I'm also fine with both being on the team.
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Post by widewordofsport on Jul 31, 2021 15:54:07 GMT -5
I can't wait to see him in the lineup. I have loved watching him hit for years. I think between Schwarber and JDM, at least one will be the DH next season, but I'm also fine with both being on the team. Im curious to hear more about this potential "two DH" strategy.
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Post by jimed14 on Jul 31, 2021 15:58:49 GMT -5
I can't wait to see him in the lineup. I have loved watching him hit for years. I think between Schwarber and JDM, at least one will be the DH next season, but I'm also fine with both being on the team. Im curious to hear more about this potential "two DH" strategy. lol, yeah you got me.
How about "between Schwarber and JDM, we should have a full time DH and hopefully the other one will be there too."
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Post by malynn19 on Jul 31, 2021 16:33:50 GMT -5
I don't think he's opting out I will not eat my laptop if he doesn't (and still haven't done so, as Nate Lowe is still a Ranger) but he's too good not to get 3-4 years at $20+ AAV. I get that there's a limited market without the universal DH but I still recall that his current contract was under-market at the time it was signed, so all he needs is one team who values his bat and his ability to mentor teammates to make it happen. He's also not horrible in LF, with a decent, accurate arm, so a Senior Circuit team could take a risk on the universal DH coming and live with him in LF for the first year. I bet he'd enjoy playing in Miami. Surely he and Boras see the writing on the wall, in terms of the low probability of the Sox re-signing Julio in 2023. Why wait until he's one year older? The main reason he wouldn't opt out is that he wants to wait one more year to see if the universal DH will be put in the new CBA. The easy solution to that (and something I'm sure Boras has already planned) is to backload a deal with an opt-out after the first year. I would put the odds of him opting out at -200. Obviously, it depends on how he performs in the next three months but he's been consistently around .900 OPS for the last four. dude how many laptops do you have and are planning on eating?
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Post by cdj on Jul 31, 2021 17:15:43 GMT -5
That’s exactly it- do people not see the caliber of defense we get from Dalbec? I legitimately think there are plays he does not make that I would make and that’s sad. Especially from somebody who graded out as a pretty decent 3B 3 years ago Like he can’t catch a ball. He’s botching plays that should have a 100% success rate in the bigs. He’s also been saved on some errors too, Kikè saved him from making a huge one a few weeks back. He’s got a -8 defensive runs saved. That’s so hard to do at 1B If Schwarber can walk and chew gum at the same time he’ll be better Didn't we win a WS or two with Ortiz at first? I don't think first base defense ever matters in the playoffs, particularly for the Red Sox. /gets struck by lightning Lol fair, but we have a million guys to put at 1B late in games if Schwarber is Dalbec-bad
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Jul 31, 2021 17:32:39 GMT -5
Didn't we win a WS or two with Ortiz at first? I don't think first base defense ever matters in the playoffs, particularly for the Red Sox. /gets struck by lightning Lol fair, but we have a million guys to put at 1B late in games if Schwarber is Dalbec-bad Defense at 1b matters. Older Cubs fans remember Leon Durham's key error on the decisive game of the 1984 NLCS that cost them the Series. The guy Durham replaced at 1b for the Cubs that year was traded to the Sox and made a costly error in a World Series 2 years later. Bill Buckner. The Mets were on the other side of it when Lucas Duda made a bad throw that allowed Eric Hosmer to sneak home during the game the 2015 Royals won the Series. On the flipside, the perfect peg by 1b David Ortiz nailed Jeff Suppan trying to get back to 3b which pretty much ended the 2004 Series. On this year's Red Sox the best defensive 1b is probably Marwin Gonzalez.
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Post by jimed14 on Jul 31, 2021 17:34:47 GMT -5
Lol fair, but we have a million guys to put at 1B late in games if Schwarber is Dalbec-bad Defense at 1b matters. Older Cubs fans remember Leon Durham's key error on the decisive game of the 1984 NLCS that cost them the Series. The guy Durham replaced at 1b for the Cubs that year was traded to the Sox and made a costly error in a World Series 2 years later. Bill Buckner. The Mets were on the other side of it when Lucas Duda made a bad throw that allowed Eric Hosmer sneak home during the game the 2015 Royals won the Series. On the flipside, the perfect peg by 1b David Ortiz nailed Jeff Suppan trying to get back to 3b which pretty much ended the 2004 Series. On this year's Red Sox the best defensive 1b is probably Marwin Gonzalez. Unlike John McNamara with Bill Buckner, Cora will put Marwin in defensively. And Barnes is better than Schiraldi!
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Post by redsoxfan2 on Jul 31, 2021 17:40:38 GMT -5
That’s exactly it- do people not see the caliber of defense we get from Dalbec? I legitimately think there are plays he does not make that I would make and that’s sad. Especially from somebody who graded out as a pretty decent 3B 3 years ago Like he can’t catch a ball. He’s botching plays that should have a 100% success rate in the bigs. He’s also been saved on some errors too, Kikè saved him from making a huge one a few weeks back. He’s got a -8 defensive runs saved. That’s so hard to do at 1B If Schwarber can walk and chew gum at the same time he’ll be better Didn't we win a WS or two with Ortiz at first? I don't think first base defense ever matters in the playoffs, particularly for the Red Sox. /gets struck by lightning Because, poor defensive play at 1B has never been a problem for the Red Sox in October.
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Post by cdj on Jul 31, 2021 18:24:43 GMT -5
Lol fair, but we have a million guys to put at 1B late in games if Schwarber is Dalbec-bad Defense at 1b matters. Older Cubs fans remember Leon Durham's key error on the decisive game of the 1984 NLCS that cost them the Series. The guy Durham replaced at 1b for the Cubs that year was traded to the Sox and made a costly error in a World Series 2 years later. Bill Buckner. The Mets were on the other side of it when Lucas Duda made a bad throw that allowed Eric Hosmer to sneak home during the game the 2015 Royals won the Series. On the flipside, the perfect peg by 1b David Ortiz nailed Jeff Suppan trying to get back to 3b which pretty much ended the 2004 Series. On this year's Red Sox the best defensive 1b is probably Marwin Gonzalez. I’d feel really confident with Marwin or Kikè there. If Danny Santana is somehow on the roster I trust him at 1B too It’s important- all defense is important- but fortunately it’s also the easiest position to learn + play
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Post by Underwater Johnson on Jul 31, 2021 22:51:16 GMT -5
That’s exactly it- do people not see the caliber of defense we get from Dalbec? I legitimately think there are plays he does not make that I would make and that’s sad. Especially from somebody who graded out as a pretty decent 3B 3 years ago Like he can’t catch a ball. He’s botching plays that should have a 100% success rate in the bigs. He’s also been saved on some errors too, Kikè saved him from making a huge one a few weeks back. He’s got a -8 defensive runs saved. That’s so hard to do at 1B If Schwarber can walk and chew gum at the same time he’ll be better Didn't we win a WS or two with Ortiz at first? I don't think first base defense ever matters in the playoffs, particularly for the Red Sox. /gets struck by lightning It's not that hard...
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Post by Underwater Johnson on Jul 31, 2021 22:59:58 GMT -5
Spoke with the media today. some quotes So far, he's passing the "say all the right things" test.
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Post by orion09 on Jul 31, 2021 23:28:44 GMT -5
Watching his mid season highlights and something unusual I’ve seen is that he’s tattooed a bunch of pitches up and out of the zone Not exactly the pitch you would expect to see somebody with his profile get to His swing reminds me of someone from like 2004... maybe Matt Stairs? Or the dude from my beer league softball team?
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Aug 5, 2021 13:30:20 GMT -5
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Post by sarasoxer on Aug 5, 2021 16:15:34 GMT -5
Hey I looked at the video....and what impressed me was his ability to hit 'high in the zone' pitches with authority. We are so used to those pitches being missed by so many of our guys especially LH hitters who reputedly prefer low in zone stuff. Maybe he can coach the Dalbecs of our world.🙄
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Post by jimed14 on Aug 5, 2021 16:18:53 GMT -5
Hey I looked at the video....and what impressed me was his ability to hit 'high in the zone' pitches with authority. We are so used to those pitches being missed by so many of our guys especially LH hitters who reputedly prefer low in zone stuff. Maybe he can coach the Dalbecs of our world.🙄 I really don't think that's something that can be taught. It's hard enough to hit a baseball. It's 100 times harder to hit a high fastball with an uppercut swing, which pretty much every batter now has because of the launch angle revolution. The best way to hit a high fastball is with a level swing, but good luck changing your mechanics in the millisecond of time that a batter has to make a choice.
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Post by sarasoxer on Aug 5, 2021 17:38:35 GMT -5
Hey I looked at the video....and what impressed me was his ability to hit 'high in the zone' pitches with authority. We are so used to those pitches being missed by so many of our guys especially LH hitters who reputedly prefer low in zone stuff. Maybe he can coach the Dalbecs of our world.🙄 I really don't think that's something that can be taught. It's hard enough to hit a baseball. It's 100 times harder to hit a high fastball with an uppercut swing, which pretty much every batter now has because of the launch angle revolution. The best way to hit a high fastball is with a level swing, but good luck changing your mechanics in the millisecond of time that a batter has to make a choice. Well I was being facetious on Schwarber teaching high strike coverage. It's frustrating tho to see the Dalbecs and Chavis' of the Sox world being so vulnerable to the now so popular high strike in the era of launch angle and not being able to adjust thru coaching or otherwise. Hell they know they can't hit those pitches but swing anyway. The many guys who can't/don't adapt will be gone...dreams shattered.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Aug 6, 2021 14:46:17 GMT -5
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Post by soxjim on Aug 6, 2021 15:43:53 GMT -5
What an absurd article. "Can't help where they need?" They need hitting. You can put him anywhere and it's a help.
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Post by Underwater Johnson on Aug 6, 2021 16:02:38 GMT -5
I really don't think that's something that can be taught. It's hard enough to hit a baseball. It's 100 times harder to hit a high fastball with an uppercut swing, which pretty much every batter now has because of the launch angle revolution. The best way to hit a high fastball is with a level swing, but good luck changing your mechanics in the millisecond of time that a batter has to make a choice. Well I was being facetious on Schwarber teaching high strike coverage. It's frustrating tho to see the Dalbecs and Chavis' of the Sox world being so vulnerable to the now so popular high strike in the era of launch angle and not being able to adjust thru coaching or otherwise. Hell they know they can't hit those pitches but swing anyway. The many guys who can't/don't adapt will be gone...dreams shattered. Oh, they'll be gone alright.
Dalbec's problem isn't even high fastballs, he misses heaters right down the middle.
Chavis misses the high ones, even when they're in the strike zone, so you can't just lay off it and call it good. [N.B. Chavis was immediately assigned to AAA Indianapolis upon reporting to the Pirates, so he's not even a 26-man option for the worst team in baseball.]
As with anything, it's adjust or fail. Raffy got something like 55 straight fastballs from HOU pitchers, then TOR and NYY tried the same thing until he finally adjusted and launched a few into orbit. [N.B. That was pre-stickm-crackdown, fwiw.]
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Post by ramireja on Sept 8, 2021 18:39:39 GMT -5
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Sept 8, 2021 19:16:27 GMT -5
Meanwhile, I'd missed that Ramirez finally started pitching again on 8/21, in the FCL. They've built him back up slowly, an inning at a time. Faced the minimum over 3 innings last week.
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Post by soxfan06 on Oct 11, 2021 22:50:40 GMT -5
Going back to this trade. This one was a freaking stroke of genius. Fanbase complaining about the Rays/Yankees/Blue Jays trades. No obvious fit for Schwarber in the field. Low cost.
What a move by Chaim and co. Definitely wouldn't be in the ALCS without the additional of Schwarber.
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Post by jerrygarciaparra on Oct 12, 2021 7:36:46 GMT -5
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